The Billboard – A Reflection on Congressman Connolly’s Last Act in Congress by Caitlin Connolly
The Billboard - A Reflection on Congressman Connolly’s Last Act in Congress by Caitlin Connolly When we got [...]
2026 ASCO Meeting Review: Albert Craig Lockhart MD, MHS
Hello ECAN Community, As a Board Member of ECAN, I always look forward to the American Society of Clinical [...]
U.S. Senate Passes Historic Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act
First stand-alone federal legislation focused exclusively on esophageal cancer heads to President Trump’s desk Washington, DC — May 22, [...]
April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month: Join the Movement to Save Lives Through Early Detection and [...]
ECAN Board Names Alyssa O’Driscoll as New Executive Director
Experienced Nonprofit Leader Succeeds Retiring Founder Mindy Mintz Mordecai (BALTIMORE, MD—February 11, 2026) — The Esophageal Cancer Action Network [...]
Webinar: Immunotherapy for Patients with Operable Esophageal and GE Junction Adenocarcinoma
For more than four years, immunotherapy has been available as a first-line treatment for patients with Advanced and Metastatic [...]
Possible New Weapon to Fight Esophageal Cancer Magnifies Impact of Radiation on Tumors, Not Healthy Tissue
Late-stage clinical biotechnology company Nanobiotix announced promising first results of a Phase I study of the nanoradioenhancer NBTXR3 for [...]
Mindy Mintz Mordecai, Founder, President, and CEO of ECAN to Retire
Mindy Mintz Mordecai, Founder, President, and CEO of the Esophageal Cancer Action Network since 2009, will retire at the [...]
A Message from our Founder & CEO
ECAN has never been a job for me. It’s been my passion. Leading this movement to save lives has [...]
Historic Bill Passed by U.S. House of Representatives
In his final official act before Esophageal Cancer cut short his life, Congressman Gerald Connolly (D-Va) made history by [...]